April 10, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Liz Roberts
(212) 228-0450
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE CELEBRATES GRACE PALEY, ACTIVIST ON APRIL 26 IN NYC
It is the responsibility of the poet to be a
woman to keep an eye on the world and cry out
like Cassandra but be listened to this time. Grace Paley
In short, declared Paley, it is the
responsibility of the poet to be an activist. It
was a responsibility she fulfilled all her life.
On Saturday, April 26, the War Resisters
Leaguewhich was Paley?s political home for many
yearswill celebrate her activism with many of
her friends, colleagues, and family.
Poet-activist-priest-Fr. Dan Berrigan,
actor-activist Vinie Burrows, activist-poet
Melanie Kaye Kantrowitz, longtime activist David
McReynolds, the vocal ensemble Harmonic
Insurgence, and other surprise guests will share
tales of Paley?s protests and arrests in the
service of peace and justice and read from her
work about politics and making change, including
the Women?s Pentagon Action Unity Statement she drafted.
WHAT: War Resisters League Tribute to Grace Paley, Activist
WHEN: Saturday afternoon, April 26, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM
WHERE: Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
Greenwich Village, New York City
This event is endorsed by and produced in
collaboration with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
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